'Mr Dugdale in Staffordshire reading several letters relateing to the Plott' (Stephen Dugdale)
1 portrait by Francis Barlow
© National Portrait Gallery, London
'Mr Dugdale in Staffordshire reading several letters relateing to the Plott' (Stephen Dugdale)
after Francis Barlow
line engraving, 1679
3 3/8 in. x 2 in. (87 mm x 51 mm) paper size
Given by the daughter of compiler William Fleming MD, Mary Elizabeth Stopford (née Fleming), 1931
Reference Collection
NPG D23011(a)
Artistback to top
- Francis Barlow (active 1648-died 1704), Painter and etcher. Artist or producer associated with 62 portraits.
This portraitback to top
This diamonds suit playing card depicts the alleged plotting and execution of a group consisting of the Jesuit priests William Ireland, Thomas Whitbread, John Gavan and John Caldwell, the Benedictine monk Thomas Pickering and the layman John Grove. According to the testimony of Titus Oates, their plot included a failed assassination attempt on the king as he walked in St James's Park. These victims of the plot were beatified by Pope Pius XI in 1929.
Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top
- Plots, Intrigue and Murder from 1580 - 1700 (25 May 2013 - 8 December 2013)
Events of 1679back to top
Current affairs
Cavalier Parliament dissolves over the exclusion crisis - removing James, Duke of York from the line of succession. First of three 'Exclusion Parliaments' assembles; William Russell, Lord Bedford, member of the nascent Whig party, introduces an Exclusion Bill.James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, suppresses rebellious Scottish covenanters at Bothwell Bridge.
Art and science
An adaptation of Sophocles's Oedipus is published, a collaboration between poet laureate, John Dryden and playwright, Nathaniel Lee. It becomes a hugely successful stage production during the Restoration period.Composer, Henry Purcell, becomes organist of Westminster Abbey.
International
The daughter of Henrietta Anne of England and Philippe, Duke of Orleans, Marie Louise d'Orleans, marries Charles II of Spain. It was hoped the marriage would improve relations between France and Spain who had previously been at war over the Spanish Netherlands.Comments back to top
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